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Fears of 'lone wolf' attacks in the UK

The brutal murder of a British soldier on a London street has the hallmarks of a militant Islamist attack, but one conducted by “lone wolf” operators - a security nightmare, experts say.
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London slaying suspects had been probed

Two men accused of butchering a British soldier had featured in previous investigations by security services, a British official has said, as investigators search several locations.
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Attack video takes centre stage

A video filmed by a passer-by at the scene of a suspected terrorist attack in London has gone viral has also raised questions of ethics among media editors.
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Murder an 'attack on UK, betrayal of Islam'

Prime Minister David Cameron has called the brutal murder of a soldier by two suspected Islamists on a London street an attack on Britain and a betrayal of Islam.
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Protests after London machete attack

More than 100 angry supporters of a far-right street protest group have taken to the streets after a suspected Islamist attack that has left a member of the British military dead in London.
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London attack: Cameron to lead crisis meet

British Prime Minister David Cameron is to chair an emergency response committee meeting, after a knife attack in London left one person dead, a news report says.
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UK police probe suspected Islamist attack

British counter-terrorism police are investigating the murder of a man thought to be a soldier, who was butchered and beheaded on a busy London street by two men shouting Islamist slogans.
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UK mom confronted soldier 'butchers'

A woman who challenged knife-wielding assailants suspected of hacking to death a British soldier in London says she intervened to protect others.
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Men tried to behead UK soldier - claims

Witnesses to an attack in London during which a man, thought to be a soldier, was killed, say the two men who attacked him tried to behead him with machete-like knives.
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Fears that UK attack could be terror act

A British official says a violent attack near a London barracks is being investigated as a possible terrorist act.
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Man charged in 1982 IRA Hyde Park bombing

A 61-year-old Irishman has been charged with the Irish Republican Army bombing of the queen's ceremonial cavalry in Hyde Park in 1982 that killed four soldiers and seven horses.

UK police killer admits previous murders

A man who admitted killing two policewomen in a gun and grenade attack that shocked Britain has changed his plea and admitted having previously murdered a father and son using similar methods.
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Royals back fight against poaching

Britain's Prince Charles and his son Prince William have urged an end to the poaching of wild animals in Africa.
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Cameron faces rebellion over gay marriage

British Prime Minister David Cameron is facing new splits within his Conservative Party as a divisive bill to legalise gay marriage returns to parliament.
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Briton admits killing children in France

A 48-year-old divorced Briton locked in a bitter custody battle has confessed that he had killed his two young children by slitting their throats in the central French city of Lille.
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